REVIEW: The Waking Dreamer by J.E. Alexander

The Waking Dreamer by J.E. Alexander My rating: 2 of 5 stars Good news and bad news. The good news is that the prose wasn’t purple and the plot wasn’t a sea of surrealist drecks as the book description led me to believe. The bad news is that the hero was TSTL and the romance was insta-love. In short: it was a stereotypical YA fiction. Well, the writing is a few notches higher than average, not that...

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REVIEW: Kings of Ruin by Sam Cameron

Kings of Ruin by Sam Cameron My rating: 3 of 5 stars Fun, lively, and exciting. This book was better than I expected, and I admit I expected very little due to my poor luck with the publisher, Bold Strokes Books, and to a string of same-old same-old Young Adult fictions with all the publishers. Is there any Young Adult fiction where saving yourself and the world doesn’t take a backseat to the Romance?...

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REVIEW: The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles My rating: 3 of 5 stars I wish I liked this book as much as all of my friends and trusted reviewers do. In fact, there is a very little reason I shouldn’t. Very. Strong writing, strong mystery, strong romance, and yay, a graphic yaoi-ish sex scene. The book screamed “Love me!” to me, but I didn’t... because my mood says “Fuck you. Neener-neener.” What a capricious...

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REVIEW: Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach

Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach (aka Rachel Aaron) My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was great, but there were a few things that could have been done a lot better. What I Didn’t Like + the romance I did not care an ounce for the romance between Devi and Rupert. Of all the men Devi had met in her life, as someone who traveled a lot and was in a field dominated by men which meant she was surrounded...

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